"I ...... I'm tired and tired...... I want our children to have a better life...... It's not for her daughter! Her family is poor, and she doesn't count what she eats, but she also has to take money from her younger siblings...... Her family is poor, and she is not so poor that she can't eat! Qiu Gui'er cried silently, "I'm not happy, my mother-in-law and her two daughters scolded me, and asked the child and his father to beat me...... I'm thinking about death...... If my two miserable children starve to death, our mother and son will also have companionship in the underworld......"

Everyone didn't expect the real situation to be like this, and they were all frozen for a while, only Qiu Gui'er's heartbroken crying, accompanied by the night breeze, was extremely miserable.

"Huh!" Chunhua sighed, glanced at Qiu Gui'er's husband, and said, "No matter what you say about this matter, you have a big responsibility!" You can't beat your daughter-in-law if something happens! ”

Is! Sister Qiu nodded wildly in her heart, the man who beats the woman is the scum of the scum! This Qiu Gui'er's husband is a model of foolishness and filial piety, and because of his mother's entrustment, he beat his own daughter-in-law, if in the 21st century, Sister Qiu really wants to persuade Qiu Guier to divorce.

"Yes, it's me who is wrong, at that time, I was also confused, eldest sister...... Huh! Qiu Gui'er's husband looked at the daughter-in-law crying underground, her face was full of anger, she squatted in front of Qiu Gui'er, pulled Qiu Gui'er's palm and hit her face, and said: "Qiu Gui'er, don't be angry, you beat me, you beat me back, and hit you until you are angry." ”

"Yes, yes!" Qiu Gui'er's mother-in-law was not light, her face trembled, she stopped her son's actions, and said to Qiu Gui'er: "You are still reasonable, right?" Then let me ask you, should you be filial to your mother-in-law when you earn money as a daughter-in-law? Filial piety gives me money, to whom do I have to ask you what you mean? Besides, is your eldest sister an outsider? Shouldn't it be helped? ”

"It's all up to you." Qiu Gui'er suddenly laughed nervously, looked at her mother-in-law and said, "Your old man has Dali waiting for me, I have a stupid mouth, I can't talk about you, you don't think I'm good, then I'll change Darong's daughter-in-law." ”

"What are you talking about?" Qiu Gui'er's husband was anxious on the side, "Mother, you ...... Qiu Gui'er, I won't marry someone else. Under the light of the torches, his face was full of urgency, and he wanted to scold his mother, but he couldn't speak, so he could only stomp his feet and sigh.

It was not too early, Qiu Gui'er sat on the riverside, and made up her mind, no matter what her husband said to her mother-in-law, she was not happy to go back, but said: "In the future, I will build a grass hut in the field, I have arms and legs, and earn money for our two children to grow up." Go backwards and find a good daughter-in-law. ”

Zhang Ruoxu and Zhang Yuxiu had already gone back with the big seal, and at Jia's suggestion, Lin Zhun dragged Sister Qiu to go home, and they couldn't get involved in this matter.

"What's wrong? I'm still angry! Lin Zhun said with a smile.

The night covers the earth, and the sky is already dark, but the starlight is not long, and the country roads can be seen clearly in a blur.

Sister Qiu pursed her lips, and the only sound in the silent village was the barking of dogs, and the sound of the two of them was all the same

You can hear each other clearly.

"Just looking at it makes people angry." Sister Qiu said, "It's just that there is my grandmother in front of me to set an example...... Sister Qiu laughed, "It's not unusual to meet any kind of people again!" ”

Lin Zhun smiled slightly, clenched Sister Qiu's palm, and said, "Don't talk nonsense, it's not good for people to listen." "Where is the granddaughter who arranges her grandmother? Then he smiled and said, "What are you afraid of?" My mother is not that ordinary person! Sister Qiu's face was slightly red, she lowered her head and let Lin Zhun pull her forward slowly, and the corners of her mouth were uncontrollably curled.

"Go get some water." Jia asked Sister Qiu.

Without waiting for Sister Qiu to get up, Lin Zhun hurriedly went to the well to fetch water, and Sister Qiu took a silk handkerchief and soaked it in water and brought it to the back room.

Qiu Gui'er's pants were still wet, and Jia asked her to lie on the kang, but she insisted on reluctant, so she was willing to sit on the pestle next to the kang. Seeing that she was stubborn, Jia Shi didn't say much, so he took the silk handkerchief in the basin and handed it to Qiu Gui'er to ask her to wipe her face.

Aunt Chunhua sat in the back room with her and spoke, taking the opportunity to unravel her. Jia Shi came out and talked to Li Ailian and Li Changjie about the cause and effect of the incident.

Li Ailian heard a long sigh, shook her head and said, "We thought that giving her a salary was to help her, but we didn't expect it to hurt her." ”

"Where can it be to hurt Aunt Qiu Gui'er." Zhang Yuxiu disagreed with Li Ailian's opinion, "If it weren't for our child work, Aunt Qiu Gui'er wouldn't have the confidence to say no to her mother-in-law, and if she talked about it again, it would have been Aunt Qiu Gui'er's money, and her mother-in-law shouldn't have taken it." ”

Counting that Aunt Qiu Gui'er came to work at home for more than ten days, her mother-in-law almost subsidized all the money she earned to her eldest daughter, so that no one could be happy in her heart!

"You're too young to understand!" Li Ailian touched her daughter's head, and couldn't help but sigh, "Whoever is a daughter is all painful to her father and mother, and when she gets married, it is different, and her mother-in-law suppresses a filial piety, where is there any reason to talk about." ”

Zhang Yuxiu was silent, she thought about Sister Qiu's milk, and she was also a hateful old woman, even more arrogant and unreasonable than Qiu Gui'er's mother-in-law.

A few people were gossiping, Chunhua came out of the back room, and Jia Shi hurriedly asked quietly, "How is it?" ”

Aunt Chunhua shook her head, "I'm still angry, why don't I want to go back to my husband's house, I don't have the face to go back to my mother's house when I tell this kind of thing, and I plan to build a shack in the field to live......"

"How can that be?" Jia Shi sighed when he heard this, "It's better to say now, what can I do in winter?" What about the two children? ”

"Qiu Gui'er said that if you are still willing to hire her, she will continue to work and earn ten cents a day, which is enough for her and the two children to eat multigrain pancakes and pickles." Aunt Chunhua preached.

Jia nodded, "This is for her to rest assured, we are definitely happy to hire her to do the work." She is still young and stubborn, and she can't twist it for a while, so it will be good if her anger is dissipated after two days. ”

"I can only think like this, the village counts that I have a good relationship with her, and when we meet, we can't treat it as nothing." Aunt Chunhua sighed

, "Is it okay for the eldest brother to live in your house tonight?" I took Qiu Gui'er back to my house to live, called the child his father, Da Zhun and my father-in-law squeezed it, and I took Da Yin to sleep with Qiu Gui'er. ”

"What does her man say?" Li Ailian asked softly.

Aunt Chunhua smiled bitterly, "Desperately trying to make amends to Qiu Gui'er, asking Qiu Gui'er to beat him out of anger, Qiu Gui'er ignored him, and this time he was really angry." Qiu Gui'er is a person who looks like a gentle and good-tempered child, but in fact, she is very stubborn. ”

Several women muttered and spoke, but Li Changji couldn't interject, so he took the children to sit in the courtyard, pointed out the stars in the sky to the children, and taught them to recognize the stars.

Li Changzhu talked about the stars in the sky, the head is the Tao, this is the North Star, that is the Cowherd and Vega, all of them are pointed out to the children one by one, and he also talked about the zodiac signs.

Sister Qiu looked at the stars in the sky with her head pinched, the starry sky in the countryside in summer was clean and beautiful, the gorgeous Milky Way was very clear, the diamond-like stars flashed with brilliance on the clean cyan background, and there were some fireflies flying in the corners of the courtyard, accompanied by the melodious sound of insects, it was really beautiful to the intoxicating beauty.

"Uncle understands so much!" Sister Qiu praised from the bottom of her heart, although Li Changjie spoke very carefully, but she still didn't understand the mysterious things of the zodiac.

Li Changji laughed, "These Xu are my grandfather, and your grandfather taught me, your grandfather is a divination for people, understand these Xu." He went early, and didn't take me with him for a few days, or else I would have inherited his old mantle! ”

Sister Qiu couldn't help laughing, she really couldn't imagine her uncle wearing a robe, leaving two small beards, and holding a signboard to tell fortunes in the market.

Li Changjiao looked at the children, his eyes were full of mercy, his two children were all older, and he didn't have a son, so he liked Sister Qiu and Zhang Yuxiu, one was smart, the other was inside, all of them were good ladies.

A few were talking in the courtyard, Aunt Chunhua helped Qiu Gui'er out of the house, and Jia and Li Ailian always sent them to Jiang's house before turning back. Li Changjiao made a bunk in the hall, Zhang Ruoxu slept with his mother and little sister, and several people washed their own water and rested.

In the middle of the night the next day, Jia Shi and Li Ailian got up and began to prepare for work, the door of this work was slammed, and Qiu Gui'er's hoarse voice came, "Sister-in-law, I'm Qiu Gui'er." ”

Jia Shi hurriedly went to open the door, and sure enough, Qiu Gui'er stood by the door with a pair of swollen eyes, and said to Jia Shi: "Sister-in-law, I'm here to do the work." ”

"Oh, yes!" Jia originally wanted to say that there was no need for today, rest for a day, and come back tomorrow, but then after thinking about it, this child work was all her expectations and thoughts, so she readily agreed and asked her to enter the house.

Qiu Gui'er is still doing her job as always, and she doesn't say much.

After grinding the beans, Qiu Guier diligently helped to filter the bean dregs, and when the bean juice was boiled, when Jia called Sister Qiu to get up and order some tofu, she stood far away from the small kitchen with interest.

Farming is not yet busy

It's completely over, there shouldn't be a lot of people in the market today, and it is estimated that there is no need for so much bean juice, Sister Qiu scooped out a few melons and ladle bean juice and put it in the basin, added cotton sugar and cooled, and when she began to press the water tofu, the bean juice was almost cold, and one person shared a bowl.

Qiu Gui'er excused herself a little, then took the bean juice and ate it in a big gulp.

Sister Qiu looked at her, her heart moved slightly, and she discussed with Jia's family: "I'll leave the work of grinding beans in the afternoon to her, and we'll give her a ten-cent salary increase." ”

Jia Shi nodded, she and Li Ailian could also grind beans in the afternoon, but Qiu Gui'er is all like this now, and she is also willing to ask Qiu Gui'er to earn a little more. As soon as Jia Shi said it to Qiu Gui'er, Qiu Gui'er immediately nodded desperately with red eyes, expressing her willingness, and the matter was decided like this.

(End of chapter)